Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-27

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Ths fact Is, where land will bring as
neh return as these dyked tidelands
hing, and yield as heavy and regular
rOgs IS these yield, there must. as a
mtnral sequence, be thrift. One no
arsahle feature Of this region Is that
Asre are very few farms offered for
sale
We may almost say thsre Is a boom
here equal 10 our own hop fever. "
Oats at t27 per ton and hay si2 70 81
rF ton means large profits where the
yield Is near a hundred bushels Of oats
nd from three 70 four tons Of hay per
acre. Mr.. Whitney told me as 20 his
eEn crop Of 1885, that he cleaned 81
hnshels Of cats per acre from 80 acres,
md numerous others tell OF as large
Ntarns. Oats can be produced here
= 4 cost Of $iI per ton, or the equivn-
sni Of 10 cents per bushel With such
Ields, and at such cost, no wonder
Aese farmers produce oats 60 export
b the shipload, and fairly govern the
IL market Of the coast, even II they
b live Ia this Puget Sound country
. much deFided IS the jumping of
Mace, without agricultural land.
A drive from Laconner 10 Mount
Vernon, on the Skagit River, thence 10
he now famous herd Of sixty head OF
pure bred Holsteins, owned by b. n.
1. Davis, Ia credit 10 any man or any
state for thoroughbred stock } is enough
10 open ones eyes about this country
tad what + going on in e. Part OF
shia country l. timhered; and such
timber Dense cedar and spruce for
esis; eedars six, seven and eight feet
h diameter are common, q number
ssfe seen ten feet and one twelve feet
1foegh Then, when that was passed,
or driver told OF what the surveyor
Nd he saw on the school section, Of a
cedar eighty feet around. Well, Que
can believe almost anything after see
ING the timber in a part Of the Skagit
valley through which We drove,
LAstweek wrote that lovers Of good
fresh winter batter would need submit
iopaying higher price than usually
prevails, else do without q reliable sup
ry. have visited Mr.. Whitney's
dairy, where the improved crystal
ereamsry," with glass jars instead Of
On pans OF cans. are used where the
utmost vigilance II exercised 10 insure
Cleanliness and regularity II quality.
The milk Is set IN these glass jars four
teen inches deep. These stand IN salt
water pumped into tank, which re-
ains an even temperature Of less than
Sdegrees. The milk is drawn of from
he bottom Of the jar while sweet: the
churning i done every day; the feed
sound and good and In plentiful
sapply; the treatment Of the cows Is
hnd, In a word, the management Is
Intelligent and deserves recognition.
and yea this man has been met with
ae warning ffom his commission house
nat he can never get dollar roll
iaf butter In the Seattle market" al
aongh his winter-made butter is cost
rs him dollar q roll 10 make il. Mr..
Whitney is preparing 10 dehorn his
heid, told him the next step would
e V cut deeper, send the carcass 10
tae butcher. and hang up his creamery ,
mo 20 be VIII. unless prices become
regulated 50 that dairying viii pay.
AZ Coupeville. on WILDLY Island
,so graded Percheron dve-year-old
afad horses we're shipped upon the
%samer | was on, bound for Seattle.
ne purchaser, who came on board
IN them, had paid $500 for this span
ton grays, and they were beauties
he.r general makeup, besides that
tneir color. This country aud eli
S.Ase are peculiarly fitted for the full
esssiopment Of the horse, and. in fact,
~ domestic animals. Not long ago a
AensanA horseEnAn was here looking
" a location 10 transfer his stock to
.ssss were ane stock-rAcers. He
- mat 10 Montana the cold in win.
vas 80 intense that Il checked the
irwin q the horses, In spite q All
- With such stock. a. with ali
.etrs The full development never
e, Y net continuous.
We heed not have hard times a4nonE
s'Iaers when siye-year-olds viii hrinf
-. of even SITS. The cost Of raising
90 stock Is but q trifle more than q
49, scrub, there Is infinitely mors
essare N doing 50, aside from tbs
rloah - that it Is safe 20 say that each
- Nin ond as raising more and bet
eesses. The demand Is almost un
teL The time Is not far distant
~ sct, L IS not already here, wheE
keoo many horses will be used il
kking Ga long bouts We shall
~ oy year learn 20 pillow = little q
ne and deeper. cultivate little bet
- - nd Do less work By hand and NOR
psasiag q dehoFning cattle doubt
~ brings ost a fnefirs. - hnvrn~ 4,